单词 | she-ass |
释义 | > as lemmasshe-ass she-ass n. a female ass; also figurative, as a derogatory term. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Zech. ix. 9 Thi kyng shal cume to thee..styinge [read sytinge] vpon a she asse, and vpon a fole, sone of the she asse [L. asinae]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job i. 3, v. C. yock of oxen, v. C. she asses. 1692 London Gaz. No. 2733/4 A..She-Ass, with a light coloured She-Foal. 1758 Extract Pausanias x. xxix. 241 A rope of rushes, which a she-ass is devouring as fast as it is made. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 230 But Zālim Sing had no such excuse—he is a shaitan, the son of a she ass. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes viii. 102 The offspring of a stallion and a she-ass is a hinny. 1991 T. Mitchell Blood Sport iii. 109 Intended to show that the toro being fought was not bravo but, in the words of Miguelín, a ‘she-ass’. < as lemmas |
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